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// Copyright (c) 2017, the Dart project authors. Please see the AUTHORS file
// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE.md file.
import 'dart:math' as math;
import 'package:kernel/ast.dart'
show
BottomType,
DartType,
DynamicType,
FunctionType,
InterfaceType,
NamedType,
Procedure,
TypeParameter,
TypeParameterType,
VoidType;
import 'package:kernel/class_hierarchy.dart' show ClassHierarchy;
import 'package:kernel/core_types.dart' show CoreTypes;
import 'package:kernel/type_algebra.dart' show Substitution;
import 'package:kernel/src/hierarchy_based_type_environment.dart'
show HierarchyBasedTypeEnvironment;
import 'type_constraint_gatherer.dart' show TypeConstraintGatherer;
import 'type_schema.dart' show UnknownType, typeSchemaToString, isKnown;
import 'type_schema_elimination.dart' show greatestClosure, leastClosure;
// TODO(paulberry): try to push this functionality into kernel.
FunctionType substituteTypeParams(
FunctionType type,
Map<TypeParameter, DartType> substitutionMap,
List<TypeParameter> newTypeParameters) {
var substitution = Substitution.fromMap(substitutionMap);
return new FunctionType(
type.positionalParameters.map(substitution.substituteType).toList(),
substitution.substituteType(type.returnType),
namedParameters: type.namedParameters
.map((named) => new NamedType(
named.name, substitution.substituteType(named.type)))
.toList(),
typeParameters: newTypeParameters,
requiredParameterCount: type.requiredParameterCount,
typedefType: type.typedefType == null
? null
: substitution.substituteType(type.typedefType));
}
/// Given a [FunctionType], gets the type of the named parameter with the given
/// [name], or `dynamic` if there is no parameter with the given name.
DartType getNamedParameterType(FunctionType functionType, String name) {
return functionType.getNamedParameter(name) ?? const DynamicType();
}
/// Given a [FunctionType], gets the type of the [i]th positional parameter, or
/// `dynamic` if there is no parameter with that index.
DartType getPositionalParameterType(FunctionType functionType, int i) {
if (i < functionType.positionalParameters.length) {
return functionType.positionalParameters[i];
} else {
return const DynamicType();
}
}
/// A constraint on a type parameter that we're inferring.
class TypeConstraint {
/// The lower bound of the type being constrained. This bound must be a
/// subtype of the type being constrained.
DartType lower;
/// The upper bound of the type being constrained. The type being constrained
/// must be a subtype of this bound.
DartType upper;
TypeConstraint()
: lower = const UnknownType(),
upper = const UnknownType();
TypeConstraint._(this.lower, this.upper);
TypeConstraint clone() => new TypeConstraint._(lower, upper);
String toString() =>
'${typeSchemaToString(lower)} <: <type> <: ${typeSchemaToString(upper)}';
}
class TypeSchemaEnvironment extends HierarchyBasedTypeEnvironment {
TypeSchemaEnvironment(CoreTypes coreTypes, ClassHierarchy hierarchy)
: super(coreTypes, hierarchy);
/// Modify the given [constraint]'s lower bound to include [lower].
void addLowerBound(TypeConstraint constraint, DartType lower) {
constraint.lower = getStandardUpperBound(constraint.lower, lower);
}
/// Modify the given [constraint]'s upper bound to include [upper].
void addUpperBound(TypeConstraint constraint, DartType upper) {
constraint.upper = getStandardLowerBound(constraint.upper, upper);
}
/// Computes the standard lower bound of [type1] and [type2].
///
/// Standard lower bound is a lower bound function that imposes an
/// ordering on the top types `void`, `dynamic`, and `object`. This function
/// additionally handles the unknown type that appears during type inference.
DartType getStandardLowerBound(DartType type1, DartType type2) {
// For all types T, SLB(T,T) = T. Note that we don't test for equality
// because we don't want to make the algorithm quadratic. This is ok
// because the check is not needed for correctness; it's just a speed
// optimization.
if (identical(type1, type2)) {
return type1;
}
// For any type T, SLB(?, T) = SLB(T, ?) = T.
if (type1 is UnknownType) {
return type2;
}
if (type2 is UnknownType) {
return type1;
}
// SLB(void, T) = SLB(T, void) = T.
if (type1 is VoidType) {
return type2;
}
if (type2 is VoidType) {
return type1;
}
// SLB(dynamic, T) = SLB(T, dynamic) = T if T is not void.
if (type1 is DynamicType) {
return type2;
}
if (type2 is DynamicType) {
return type1;
}
// SLB(Object, T) = SLB(T, Object) = T if T is not void or dynamic.
if (type1 == objectType) {
return type2;
}
if (type2 == objectType) {
return type1;
}
// SLB(bottom, T) = SLB(T, bottom) = bottom.
if (isBottom(type1)) {
return type1;
}
if (isBottom(type2)) {
return type2;
}
// Function types have structural lower bounds.
if (type1 is FunctionType && type2 is FunctionType) {
return _functionStandardLowerBound(type1, type2);
}
// Otherwise, the lower bounds of two types is one of them it if it is a
// subtype of the other.
if (isSubtypeOf(type1, type2)) {
return type1;
}
if (isSubtypeOf(type2, type1)) {
return type2;
}
// No subtype relation, so the lower bound is bottom.
return const BottomType();
}
/// Computes the standard upper bound of two types.
///
/// Standard upper bound is an upper bound function that imposes an ordering
/// on the top types 'void', 'dynamic', and `object`. This function
/// additionally handles the unknown type that appears during type inference.
DartType getStandardUpperBound(DartType type1, DartType type2) {
// For all types T, SUB(T,T) = T. Note that we don't test for equality
// because we don't want to make the algorithm quadratic. This is ok
// because the check is not needed for correctness; it's just a speed
// optimization.
if (identical(type1, type2)) {
return type1;
}
// For any type T, SUB(?, T) = SUB(T, ?) = T.
if (type1 is UnknownType) {
return type2;
}
if (type2 is UnknownType) {
return type1;
}
// SUB(void, T) = SUB(T, void) = void.
if (type1 is VoidType) {
return type1;
}
if (type2 is VoidType) {
return type2;
}
// SUB(dynamic, T) = SUB(T, dynamic) = dynamic if T is not void.
if (type1 is DynamicType) {
return type1;
}
if (type2 is DynamicType) {
return type2;
}
// SUB(Obect, T) = SUB(T, Object) = Object if T is not void or dynamic.
if (type1 == objectType) {
return type1;
}
if (type2 == objectType) {
return type2;
}
// SUB(bottom, T) = SUB(T, bottom) = T.
if (isBottom(type1)) {
return type2;
}
if (isBottom(type2)) {
return type1;
}
if (type1 is TypeParameterType || type2 is TypeParameterType) {
return _typeParameterStandardUpperBound(type1, type2);
}
// The standard upper bound of a function type and an interface type T is
// the standard upper bound of Function and T.
if (type1 is FunctionType && type2 is InterfaceType) {
type1 = rawFunctionType;
}
if (type2 is FunctionType && type1 is InterfaceType) {
type2 = rawFunctionType;
}
// At this point type1 and type2 should both either be interface types or
// function types.
if (type1 is InterfaceType && type2 is InterfaceType) {
return _interfaceStandardUpperBound(type1, type2);
}
if (type1 is FunctionType && type2 is FunctionType) {
return _functionStandardUpperBound(type1, type2);
}
// Should never happen. As a defensive measure, return the dynamic type.
assert(false);
return const DynamicType();
}
@override
DartType getTypeOfOverloadedArithmetic(DartType type1, DartType type2) {
// TODO(paulberry): this matches what is defined in the spec. It would be
// nice if we could change kernel to match the spec and not have to
// override.
if (type1 == intType) {
if (type2 == intType) return type2;
if (type2 == doubleType) return type2;
}
return numType;
}
/// Infers a generic type, function, method, or list/map literal
/// instantiation, using the downward context type as well as the argument
/// types if available.
///
/// For example, given a function type with generic type parameters, this
/// infers the type parameters from the actual argument types.
///
/// Concretely, given a function type with parameter types P0, P1, ... Pn,
/// result type R, and generic type parameters T0, T1, ... Tm, use the
/// argument types A0, A1, ... An to solve for the type parameters.
///
/// For each parameter Pi, we want to ensure that Ai <: Pi. We can do this by
/// running the subtype algorithm, and when we reach a type parameter Tj,
/// recording the lower or upper bound it must satisfy. At the end, all
/// constraints can be combined to determine the type.
///
/// All constraints on each type parameter Tj are tracked, as well as where
/// they originated, so we can issue an error message tracing back to the
/// argument values, type parameter "extends" clause, or the return type
/// context.
///
/// If non-null values for [formalTypes] and [actualTypes] are provided, this
/// is upwards inference. Otherwise it is downward inference.
void inferGenericFunctionOrType(
DartType declaredReturnType,
List<TypeParameter> typeParametersToInfer,
List<DartType> formalTypes,
List<DartType> actualTypes,
DartType returnContextType,
List<DartType> inferredTypes,
{bool isConst: false}) {
if (typeParametersToInfer.isEmpty) {
return;
}
// Create a TypeConstraintGatherer that will allow certain type parameters
// to be inferred. It will optimistically assume these type parameters can
// be subtypes (or supertypes) as necessary, and track the constraints that
// are implied by this.
var gatherer = new TypeConstraintGatherer(this, typeParametersToInfer);
if (!isEmptyContext(returnContextType)) {
if (isConst) {
returnContextType = new TypeVariableEliminator(coreTypes)
.substituteType(returnContextType);
}
gatherer.trySubtypeMatch(declaredReturnType, returnContextType);
}
if (formalTypes != null) {
for (int i = 0; i < formalTypes.length; i++) {
// Try to pass each argument to each parameter, recording any type
// parameter bounds that were implied by this assignment.
gatherer.trySubtypeMatch(actualTypes[i], formalTypes[i]);
}
}
inferTypeFromConstraints(
gatherer.computeConstraints(), typeParametersToInfer, inferredTypes,
downwardsInferPhase: formalTypes == null);
}
bool hasOmittedBound(TypeParameter parameter) {
// If the bound was omitted by the programmer, the Kernel representation for
// the parameter will look similar to the following:
//
// T extends Object = dynamic
//
// Note that it's not possible to receive [Object] as [TypeParameter.bound]
// and `dynamic` as [TypeParameter.defaultType] from the front end in any
// other way.
DartType bound = parameter.bound;
return bound is InterfaceType &&
identical(bound.classNode, coreTypes.objectClass) &&
parameter.defaultType is DynamicType;
}
/// Use the given [constraints] to substitute for type variables.
///
/// [typeParametersToInfer] is the set of type parameters that should be
/// substituted for. [inferredTypes] should be a list of the same length.
///
/// If [downwardsInferPhase] is `true`, then we are in the first pass of
/// inference, pushing context types down. This means we are allowed to push
/// down `?` to precisely represent an unknown type. [inferredTypes] should
/// be initially populated with `?`. These `?`s will be replaced, if
/// appropriate, with the types that were inferred by downwards inference.
///
/// If [downwardsInferPhase] is `false`, then we are in the second pass of
/// inference, and must not conclude `?` for any type formal. In this pass,
/// [inferredTypes] should contain the values from the first pass. They will
/// be replaced with the final inferred types.
void inferTypeFromConstraints(Map<TypeParameter, TypeConstraint> constraints,
List<TypeParameter> typeParametersToInfer, List<DartType> inferredTypes,
{bool downwardsInferPhase: false}) {
List<DartType> typesFromDownwardsInference =
downwardsInferPhase ? null : inferredTypes.toList(growable: false);
for (int i = 0; i < typeParametersToInfer.length; i++) {
TypeParameter typeParam = typeParametersToInfer[i];
var typeParamBound = typeParam.bound;
DartType extendsConstraint;
if (!hasOmittedBound(typeParam)) {
extendsConstraint =
Substitution.fromPairs(typeParametersToInfer, inferredTypes)
.substituteType(typeParamBound);
}
var constraint = constraints[typeParam];
if (downwardsInferPhase) {
inferredTypes[i] =
_inferTypeParameterFromContext(constraint, extendsConstraint);
} else {
inferredTypes[i] = _inferTypeParameterFromAll(
typesFromDownwardsInference[i], constraint, extendsConstraint);
}
}
// If the downwards infer phase has failed, we'll catch this in the upwards
// phase later on.
if (downwardsInferPhase) {
return;
}
// Check the inferred types against all of the constraints.
var knownTypes = <TypeParameter, DartType>{};
for (int i = 0; i < typeParametersToInfer.length; i++) {
TypeParameter typeParam = typeParametersToInfer[i];
var constraint = constraints[typeParam];
var typeParamBound =
Substitution.fromPairs(typeParametersToInfer, inferredTypes)
.substituteType(typeParam.bound);
var inferred = inferredTypes[i];
bool success = typeSatisfiesConstraint(inferred, constraint);
if (success && !hasOmittedBound(typeParam)) {
// If everything else succeeded, check the `extends` constraint.
var extendsConstraint = typeParamBound;
success = isSubtypeOf(inferred, extendsConstraint);
}
if (!success) {
// TODO(paulberry): report error.
// Heuristic: even if we failed, keep the erroneous type.
// It should satisfy at least some of the constraints (e.g. the return
// context). If we fall back to instantiateToBounds, we'll typically get
// more errors (e.g. because `dynamic` is the most common bound).
}
if (isKnown(inferred)) {
knownTypes[typeParam] = inferred;
}
}
// TODO(paulberry): report any errors from instantiateToBounds.
}
@override
bool isBottom(DartType t) {
if (t is UnknownType) {
return true;
} else {
return super.isBottom(t);
}
}
bool isEmptyContext(DartType context) {
if (context is DynamicType) {
// Analyzer treats a type context of `dynamic` as equivalent to an empty
// context. TODO(paulberry): this is not spec'ed anywhere; do we still
// want to do this?
return true;
}
return context == null;
}
/// True if [member] is a binary operator that returns an `int` if both
/// operands are `int`, and otherwise returns `double`.
///
/// Note that this behavior depends on the receiver type, so we can only make
/// this determination if we know the type of the receiver.
///
/// This is a case of type-based overloading, which in Dart is only supported
/// by giving special treatment to certain arithmetic operators.
bool isOverloadedArithmeticOperatorAndType(
Procedure member, DartType receiverType) {
// TODO(paulberry): this matches what is defined in the spec. It would be
// nice if we could change kernel to match the spec and not have to
// override.
if (member.name.name == 'remainder') return false;
if (!(receiverType is InterfaceType &&
identical(receiverType.classNode, coreTypes.intClass))) {
return false;
}
return isOverloadedArithmeticOperator(member);
}
@override
bool isTop(DartType t) {
if (t is UnknownType) {
return true;
} else {
return super.isTop(t);
}
}
/// Computes the constraint solution for a type variable based on a given set
/// of constraints.
///
/// If [grounded] is `true`, then the returned type is guaranteed to be a
/// known type (i.e. it will not contain any instances of `?`).
DartType solveTypeConstraint(TypeConstraint constraint,
{bool grounded: false}) {
// Prefer the known bound, if any.
if (isKnown(constraint.lower)) return constraint.lower;
if (isKnown(constraint.upper)) return constraint.upper;
// Otherwise take whatever bound has partial information, e.g. `Iterable<?>`
if (constraint.lower is! UnknownType) {
return grounded
? leastClosure(coreTypes, constraint.lower)
: constraint.lower;
} else {
return grounded
? greatestClosure(coreTypes, constraint.upper)
: constraint.upper;
}
}
/// Determine if the given [type] satisfies the given type [constraint].
bool typeSatisfiesConstraint(DartType type, TypeConstraint constraint) {
return isSubtypeOf(constraint.lower, type) &&
isSubtypeOf(type, constraint.upper);
}
/// Compute the standard lower bound of function types [f] and [g].
///
/// The spec rules for SLB on function types, informally, are pretty simple:
///
/// - If a parameter is required in both, it stays required.
///
/// - If a positional parameter is optional or missing in one, it becomes
/// optional. (This is because we're trying to build a function type which
/// is a subtype of both [f] and [g], meaning it accepts all possible inputs
/// that [f] and [g] accept.)
///
/// - Named parameters are unioned together.
///
/// - For any parameter that exists in both functions, use the SUB of them as
/// the resulting parameter type.
///
/// - Use the SLB of their return types.
DartType _functionStandardLowerBound(FunctionType f, FunctionType g) {
// TODO(rnystrom,paulberry): Right now, this assumes f and g do not have any
// type parameters. Revisit that in the presence of generic methods.
// Calculate the SUB of each corresponding pair of parameters.
int totalPositional =
math.max(f.positionalParameters.length, g.positionalParameters.length);
var positionalParameters = new List<DartType>(totalPositional);
for (int i = 0; i < totalPositional; i++) {
if (i < f.positionalParameters.length) {
var fType = f.positionalParameters[i];
if (i < g.positionalParameters.length) {
var gType = g.positionalParameters[i];
positionalParameters[i] = getStandardUpperBound(fType, gType);
} else {
positionalParameters[i] = fType;
}
} else {
positionalParameters[i] = g.positionalParameters[i];
}
}
// Parameters that are required in both functions are required in the
// result. Parameters that are optional or missing in either end up
// optional.
int requiredParameterCount =
math.min(f.requiredParameterCount, g.requiredParameterCount);
bool hasPositional = requiredParameterCount < totalPositional;
// Union the named parameters together.
List<NamedType> namedParameters = [];
{
int i = 0;
int j = 0;
while (true) {
if (i < f.namedParameters.length) {
if (j < g.namedParameters.length) {
var fName = f.namedParameters[i].name;
var gName = g.namedParameters[j].name;
int order = fName.compareTo(gName);
if (order < 0) {
namedParameters.add(f.namedParameters[i++]);
} else if (order > 0) {
namedParameters.add(g.namedParameters[j++]);
} else {
namedParameters.add(new NamedType(
fName,
getStandardUpperBound(f.namedParameters[i++].type,
g.namedParameters[j++].type)));
}
} else {
namedParameters.addAll(f.namedParameters.skip(i));
break;
}
} else {
namedParameters.addAll(g.namedParameters.skip(j));
break;
}
}
}
bool hasNamed = namedParameters.isNotEmpty;
// Edge case. Dart does not support functions with both optional positional
// and named parameters. If we would synthesize that, give up.
if (hasPositional && hasNamed) return const BottomType();
// Calculate the SLB of the return type.
DartType returnType = getStandardLowerBound(f.returnType, g.returnType);
return new FunctionType(positionalParameters, returnType,
namedParameters: namedParameters,
requiredParameterCount: requiredParameterCount);
}
/// Compute the standard upper bound of function types [f] and [g].
///
/// The rules for SUB on function types, informally, are pretty simple:
///
/// - If the functions don't have the same number of required parameters,
/// always return `Function`.
///
/// - Discard any optional named or positional parameters the two types do not
/// have in common.
///
/// - Compute the SLB of each corresponding pair of parameter types, and the
/// SUB of the return types. Return a function type with those types.
DartType _functionStandardUpperBound(FunctionType f, FunctionType g) {
// TODO(rnystrom): Right now, this assumes f and g do not have any type
// parameters. Revisit that in the presence of generic methods.
// If F and G differ in their number of required parameters, then the
// standard upper bound of F and G is Function.
// TODO(paulberry): We could do better here, e.g.:
// SUB(([int]) -> void, (int) -> void) = (int) -> void
if (f.requiredParameterCount != g.requiredParameterCount) {
return coreTypes.functionClass.rawType;
}
int requiredParameterCount = f.requiredParameterCount;
// Calculate the SLB of each corresponding pair of parameters.
// Ignore any extra optional positional parameters if one has more than the
// other.
int totalPositional =
math.min(f.positionalParameters.length, g.positionalParameters.length);
var positionalParameters = new List<DartType>(totalPositional);
for (int i = 0; i < totalPositional; i++) {
positionalParameters[i] = getStandardLowerBound(
f.positionalParameters[i], g.positionalParameters[i]);
}
// Intersect the named parameters.
List<NamedType> namedParameters = [];
{
int i = 0;
int j = 0;
while (true) {
if (i < f.namedParameters.length) {
if (j < g.namedParameters.length) {
var fName = f.namedParameters[i].name;
var gName = g.namedParameters[j].name;
int order = fName.compareTo(gName);
if (order < 0) {
i++;
} else if (order > 0) {
j++;
} else {
namedParameters.add(new NamedType(
fName,
getStandardLowerBound(f.namedParameters[i++].type,
g.namedParameters[j++].type)));
}
} else {
break;
}
} else {
break;
}
}
}
// Calculate the SUB of the return type.
DartType returnType = getStandardUpperBound(f.returnType, g.returnType);
return new FunctionType(positionalParameters, returnType,
namedParameters: namedParameters,
requiredParameterCount: requiredParameterCount);
}
DartType _inferTypeParameterFromAll(DartType typeFromContextInference,
TypeConstraint constraint, DartType extendsConstraint) {
// See if we already fixed this type from downwards inference.
// If so, then we aren't allowed to change it based on argument types.
if (isKnown(typeFromContextInference)) {
return typeFromContextInference;
}
if (extendsConstraint != null) {
constraint = constraint.clone();
addUpperBound(constraint, extendsConstraint);
}
return solveTypeConstraint(constraint, grounded: true);
}
DartType _inferTypeParameterFromContext(
TypeConstraint constraint, DartType extendsConstraint) {
DartType t = solveTypeConstraint(constraint);
if (!isKnown(t)) {
return t;
}
// If we're about to make our final choice, apply the extends clause.
// This gives us a chance to refine the choice, in case it would violate
// the `extends` clause. For example:
//
// Object obj = math.min/*<infer Object, error>*/(1, 2);
//
// If we consider the `T extends num` we conclude `<num>`, which works.
if (extendsConstraint != null) {
constraint = constraint.clone();
addUpperBound(constraint, extendsConstraint);
return solveTypeConstraint(constraint);
}
return t;
}
DartType _interfaceStandardUpperBound(
InterfaceType type1, InterfaceType type2) {
// This currently does not implement a very complete standard upper bound
// algorithm, but handles a couple of the very common cases that are
// causing pain in real code. The current algorithm is:
// 1. If either of the types is a supertype of the other, return it.
// This is in fact the best result in this case.
// 2. If the two types have the same class element, then take the
// pointwise standard upper bound of the type arguments. This is again
// the best result, except that the recursive calls may not return
// the true standard upper bounds. The result is guaranteed to be a
// well-formed type under the assumption that the input types were
// well-formed (and assuming that the recursive calls return
// well-formed types).
// 3. Otherwise return the spec-defined standard upper bound. This will
// be an upper bound, might (or might not) be least, and might
// (or might not) be a well-formed type.
if (isSubtypeOf(type1, type2)) {
return type2;
}
if (isSubtypeOf(type2, type1)) {
return type1;
}
if (type1 is InterfaceType &&
type2 is InterfaceType &&
identical(type1.classNode, type2.classNode)) {
List<DartType> tArgs1 = type1.typeArguments;
List<DartType> tArgs2 = type2.typeArguments;
assert(tArgs1.length == tArgs2.length);
List<DartType> tArgs = new List(tArgs1.length);
for (int i = 0; i < tArgs1.length; i++) {
tArgs[i] = getStandardUpperBound(tArgs1[i], tArgs2[i]);
}
return new InterfaceType(type1.classNode, tArgs);
}
return hierarchy.getLegacyLeastUpperBound(type1, type2);
}
DartType _typeParameterStandardUpperBound(DartType type1, DartType type2) {
// This currently just implements a simple standard upper bound to
// handle some common cases. It also avoids some termination issues
// with the naive spec algorithm. The standard upper bound of two types
// (at least one of which is a type parameter) is computed here as:
// 1. If either type is a supertype of the other, return it.
// 2. If the first type is a type parameter, replace it with its bound,
// with recursive occurrences of itself replaced with Object.
// The second part of this should ensure termination. Informally,
// each type variable instantiation in one of the arguments to the
// standard upper bound algorithm now strictly reduces the number
// of bound variables in scope in that argument position.
// 3. If the second type is a type parameter, do the symmetric operation
// to #2.
//
// It's not immediately obvious why this is symmetric in the case that both
// of them are type parameters. For #1, symmetry holds since subtype
// is antisymmetric. For #2, it's clearly not symmetric if upper bounds of
// bottom are allowed. Ignoring this (for various reasons, not least
// of which that there's no way to write it), there's an informal
// argument (that might even be right) that you will always either
// end up expanding both of them or else returning the same result no matter
// which order you expand them in. A key observation is that
// identical(expand(type1), type2) => subtype(type1, type2)
// and hence the contra-positive.
//
// TODO(leafp): Think this through and figure out what's the right
// definition. Be careful about termination.
//
// I suspect in general a reasonable algorithm is to expand the innermost
// type variable first. Alternatively, you could probably choose to treat
// it as just an instance of the interface type upper bound problem, with
// the "inheritance" chain extended by the bounds placed on the variables.
if (isSubtypeOf(type1, type2)) {
return type2;
}
if (isSubtypeOf(type2, type1)) {
return type1;
}
if (type1 is TypeParameterType) {
// TODO(paulberry): Analyzer collapses simple bounds in one step, i.e. for
// C<T extends U, U extends List>, T gets resolved directly to List. Do
// we need to replicate that behavior?
return getStandardUpperBound(
Substitution.fromMap({type1.parameter: objectType})
.substituteType(type1.parameter.bound),
type2);
} else if (type2 is TypeParameterType) {
return getStandardUpperBound(
type1,
Substitution.fromMap({type2.parameter: objectType})
.substituteType(type2.parameter.bound));
} else {
// We should only be called when at least one of the types is a
// TypeParameterType
assert(false);
return const DynamicType();
}
}
}
class TypeVariableEliminator extends Substitution {
final CoreTypes _coreTypes;
TypeVariableEliminator(this._coreTypes);
@override
DartType getSubstitute(TypeParameter parameter, bool upperBound) {
return upperBound
? _coreTypes.nullClass.rawType
: _coreTypes.objectClass.rawType;
}
}